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In Residence AI Practitioner Certification Program

Our Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner certification program is a hybrid residency/online program. It includes foundational training in AI and experiential learning opportunities in tools and techniques for applying AI in a variety of settings and levels within any organizational system.

The Details

This program presents a proven approach to accelerating organizational change by showing how to focus on and leverage the core strengths of any organizational system. Through a combination of coursework and fieldwork, learn how and why Appreciative Inquiry works, explore the power of questions to seed positive change in any situation and discover how to engage others in the change process for lasting results. By working on an application project specific to your own organization, you will have the opportunity to create positive change that bridges high ideals with a results-oriented mindset.

Learn:

How and why Appreciative Inquiry works

Underlying theory and principles behind AI

AI 4D Framework for Positive Change

The power of questions for positive change

Examples of AI around the world—case studies, stories and illustrations

A reflective journal that incorporates your learning across the certification process, documenting applications and outcomes of the AI methodologies you are exploring

Part III: Appreciative Inquiry Capstone

March 6-8, 2019

Where: Burlington, VT

What: A culminating learning experience where you will share your lessons and insights and explore not only best practices, but also future trends in the field of positive organization development and change.

The Instructors

LINDSEY N. GODWIN, PH.D. - Lindsey is an associate professor of management at Champlain College's Robert P. Stiller School of Business, where she also serves as the academic director for the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry. As a practitioner-scholar, she is engaged in the global Appreciative Inquiry community, having served as the chair for the last several world conferences for AI. Her work has been published in a variety of outlets, including the Journal of Business Ethics, the Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship, the AI Practitioner Journal, and Advances in Appreciative Inquiry. With a passion for helping organizations leverage their potential through strength-based change, Lindsey has helped organize and facilitate Appreciative Inquiry processes with a variety of organizations around the world.

PRU SULLIVAN - Pru is the Practitioner-in-Residence at the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry, having recently retired as the Director of Continuous Learning at Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. In her role at Keurig, Pru was responsible for weaving a strengths-based approach into the fabric of Keurig Green Mountain. From onboarding new employees and team member career development to new product development, appreciative strengths-based change has been embedded into organizational practices. As an active volunteer in the community, Pru has focused her volunteer efforts in bringing Appreciative Inquiry to non-profit organizations. She leads strengths-based strategic planning for organizations like Vermont End Child Abuse, and strengths-based leadership development at the Leahy ECHO Center.

Joep C. de Jong - After Joep's introduction to AI in 1995, attending the Global Excellence for Management program in 1997 and becoming one of the founders of AI Consultancy in 1998, he has been deeply involved in the global AI community. Ever since 1998, when he joined BT Syntegra as a senior executive, Joep has been using AI to lead, coach, and facilitate change and innovation in the organizations he has been responsible for, bringing out the best in people to deliver positive business results from an appreciative leadership perspective. After he resigned as CEO of a consultancy company in 2013, he became a candidate PhD at the University of Tilburg on the topic of appreciative leadership as well as an independent consultant, coach and lecturer on AI. Joep serves as a non executive on the board of the Afri-Can Foundation, is a member of the advisory councils of Instituto IDEIA and the AI Practitioner and is an associate of the TAOS Institute. He delivers lectures on AI, leadership, change management and inter cultural work at the American University (US), Champlain College (US) and the Hotelschool The Hague (NL). He has frequently published on AI-related topics in the AI Practitioner and has contributed to several AI books. In 2008, Joep was co-author of Waarderend Organiseren, the first book on AI in Dutch. In 2013, he and Robbert Masselink published the ‘Handboek Appreciative Inquiry’.

Application Deadline: August 31, 2018

Space for this special session is limited, so register now to secure your spot!